Nicholas Grafia
b. 1990, Philippines
Nicholas Grafia (b.1990, Angeles City; based in Düsseldorf, Germany, and Paris, France. Grafia completed his MFA at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 2019. He has previously studied at the School of Arts and Cultures in Newcastle (UK), the Kunstakademie Münster (DE), as well as the University of Münster (DE). Recent exhibitions include: ‘State of Flux’, Silverlens, New York (2023); ‘Comeback Kid.’, Silverlens, Manila, Philippines, (2022); ‘Dangerous When Wet’, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenhagen, (2022); ‘THE FAIREST 01: Open Your Eyes Again’, Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin, (2022); ‘Dissonance. Platform Germany’, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, (2022); ‘You’d Think By Now’, Smack Mellon, New York, (2022); ‘Free Verse Spirit’, Peres Projects, Berlin, (2021); ‘Soul Burner’, KOENIG2, Vienna, (2021); ‘Vordemberge-Gildewart Grant 2021’, KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, Duesseldorf, (2021); ‘Utopia’, Peres Projects, Berlin, (2021); ‘Nicholas Grafia & Mikołaj Sobczak: WILL., GOLD + BETON’, Cologne, (2021); ‘THE FAIREST: Teaser 01’, Blake & Vargas, Berlin, (2021); ‘Type / Cast / Thrill.’, Temnikova & Kasela, Tallinn, (2021); ‘MVP: Most Valuable Player’, Andersen‘s Contemporary, Copenhagen, (2020). He was awarded the Art Explora Residency in Paris in 2021, and the Sponsorship Award for Fine Arts of the City of Düsseldorf in 2020.